package com.mindprod.example;
import javax.tools.JavaCompiler;
import javax.tools.JavaFileObject;
import javax.tools.SimpleJavaFileObject;
import javax.tools.ToolProvider;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URISyntaxException;
import java.util.Arrays;
/**
* Demonstrate generating Java source code on the fly, compiling it and executing it. Demonstrate generating Java source
* code on the fly, compiling it with the JavaCompiler class and executing it. Note JavaCompiler is quite different from
* JavaCompilerTool that was released with JDK 1.6 beta, now withdrawn. The source code is generated in RAM and never
* written to disk.
* <p/>
* composed with IntelliJ IDEA
*
* @author Roedy Green, Canadian Mind Products
* @version 1.1, 2008-02-19
*/
public final class TestJavaCompiler
{
/**
* Compile from within this JVM without spawning javac.exe or a separate JVM.
*
* @param source points to source, possibly in RAM.
* @return status of the compile, true all went perfectly without error.
* @throws java.io.IOException if trouble writing class files.
*/
@SuppressWarnings( { "JavaDoc" } )
private static boolean compile( JavaFileObject... source )
{
final JavaCompiler compiler = ToolProvider.getSystemJavaCompiler();
final JavaCompiler.CompilationTask task = compiler.getTask( null
,
null
,
null
,
null
,
null
,
Arrays.asList( source )
);
return task.call();
}
/**
* Compose source for sample Java program on the fly.
*
* @param className name of class you want to generate
* @param expression a an expression involving a and/or b you want to calculate.
* @return text of an on-the-fly composed Java class.
*/
@SuppressWarnings( { "SameParameterValue" } )
private static String composeAProgram( String className, String expression )
{
final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder( 1000 );
sb.append( "package com.mindprod.example;\n" );
sb.append( "import java.util.Date;\n" );
sb.append( "public final class " ).append( className ).append( " implements Calculator\n" );
sb.append( "{\n" );
sb.append( "public double calc( double a, double b )\n" );
sb.append( " {\n" );
sb.append( " return " );
sb.append( expression );
sb.append( ";\n" );
sb.append( " }\n" );
sb.append( "public Date whenCompiled()\n" );
sb.append( " {\n" );
sb.append( " return new Date(" );
sb.append( System.currentTimeMillis() );
sb.append( "L);\n" );
sb.append( " }\n" );
sb.append( "}\n" );
return sb.toString();
}
/**
* Compose a program on the fly, compile it, and execute it.
*
* @param args not used
* @throws java.io.IOException if problems writing class files.
* @throws ClassNotFoundException if generated class cannot be found.
* @throws IllegalAccessException if try to instantiate a class we are not permitted to access.
* @throws InstantiationException if cant instantiate class
* @throws java.net.URISyntaxException if malformed class name.
*/
public static void main( String[] args ) throws URISyntaxException,
IOException,
ClassNotFoundException,
IllegalAccessException,
InstantiationException
{
final String programText =
composeAProgram( "Hypotenuse", "Math.sqrt( a*a + b*b )" );
System.out.println( "PROGRAM TO BE COMPILED" );
System.out.println( programText );
final boolean status = compile( new RAMResidentJavaFileObject( "Hypotenuse", programText ) );
System.out.println( "status of compile: " + status );
final Calculator calculator =
( Calculator ) Class.forName( "com.mindprod.example.Hypotenuse" )
.newInstance();
System.out
.println( "Hypotenuse.calc( 3, 4 ) is : "
+ calculator.calc( 3.0, 4.0 ) );
System.out.println( "compiled on: " + calculator.whenCompiled() );
}
}
/**
* Represents the source text of a Java program in RAM.
*/
class RAMResidentJavaFileObject extends SimpleJavaFileObject
{
/**
* source text of the program to be compiled
*/
private final String programText;
/**
* constructor
*
* @param className class name, without package
* @param programText text of the program.
* @throws java.net.URISyntaxException if malformed class name.
*/
@SuppressWarnings( { "SameParameterValue" } )
public RAMResidentJavaFileObject( String className, String programText ) throws URISyntaxException
{
super( new URI( className + ".java" ), Kind.SOURCE );
this.programText = programText;
}
/**
* Get the text of the java program
*
* @param ignoreEncodingErrors ignored.
*/
@Override
public CharSequence getCharContent( boolean ignoreEncodingErrors ) throws IOException
{
return programText;
}
}